Lumia 950 and 950 XL Windows 10 Mobile Lumia flagship announced

Microsoft today unveiled its Windows 10 mobile flagships devices, the Lumia 950 and the Lumia 950XL. The both Lumia devices share similar internals and are largely differentiated by the screen size and processor. The Lumia 950 comes with a 5.2 inch WQHD (2560x1440) AMOLED display and is powered by a liquid cooled Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 hexacore processor with an Adreno 418 GPU and a 3000mAh replaceable battery.

The Lumia 950XL sports a larger 5.7inch AMOLED display of the same resolution as the Lumia 950 and is powered by a liquid cooled Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2.1 with an Adreno 430 GPU and a 3300mAh replaceable battery. The main camera unit on the Lumia devices is a 20MP Carl Zeiss unit with OIS and a triple LED RGB flash, the front camera is a 5MP unit. The Lumia 950 flagships will come with 3GB RAM, 32GB of internal memory which is expandable up to 2TB via a microSD card and sports a USB 3.1 Type C port with supports Qualcomm's Quick Charge 2.0 and Qi Wireless Charging. The Lumia 950 and 950 XL come with face and iris scanner with would allow users unlock their smartphone by just looking at it. The Lumia flagships are continuum ready, which means they can be used as a PC when connected to an external display either wirelessly or via a display dock. The retail prices will start at $549 (£450) and $649 (£550) for the Lumina 950 and Lumina 950 XL respectively when they are available in November.